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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Egton like this:
EGTON-WITH-NEWLAND, a township-chapelry in Ulverston parish, Lancashire; on the estuary of the Leven, and on the Ulverston and Lancaster railway, 1½ mile SW by S of Cark and Cartmel r. station, and 3 N of Ulverston. Post town, Cark, under Newton-in-Cartmel. Acres, 3, 390. Real property, £5, 502; of which £66 are in ironworks. Pop., 1, 231. Houses, 236. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £161. Patron, J. P. Machell, Esq. The church is modern.
Egton is now part of WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Egton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Egton, in Westmorland and Furness and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10198
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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